gà lộn trái vải, cu con ra ràn

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Meaning · English

Children suffer when parents quarrel

Literally: chicken overturns mango, young crow goes astray

Examples

Khi bố mẹ thường xuyên cãi vã, con cái sẽ khổ, gà lộn trái vải, cu con ra rànWhen parents often quarrel, the children will suffer, gà lộn trái vải, cu con ra ràn

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Gà mới lộn còn ở trong trứng, cu mới nở, vừa tập bay, đều là miếng ăn ngon.” Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “gà lộn trái vải, cu con ra ràn” mean?

Children suffer when parents quarrel Literally: chicken overturns mango, young crow goes astray

Is “gà lộn trái vải, cu con ra ràn” formal or informal?

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